This professor made a climate change PowerPoint for Trump, and it will make you smile.

On Monday, 38 of the EPA’s research advisers found out that their terms, set to end in August, would not be renewed. One of them is Elena Craft, a senior health scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund . “It creates a huge void in terms of scientific capacity,” Craft told Grist. “Systematically gutting these committees is essentially cutting off access to some of the greatest science advisers really in the world.” The purge will leave 11 members on the Board of Scientific Counselors’ subcommittees. The latest move follows sweeping cuts to federal agencies in April . The empty seats on the EPA’s advisory board are expected to be filled with a more industry-friendly bunch. Craft said that after the announcement, Robert Kavlock, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s research arm, told the advisers in a phone call that he expected the board to pay less attention to clima...